Advances in Biological Tissue Biomechanics

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Research & information: general; adverse hemodynamics; aneurysm; anisotropy; aorta; aortic valve; biaxial mechanical characterization; biaxial mechanical testing; bileaflet mechanical heart valve; biomarker; biomechanics; blood damage; calcification; cardiac valves; cardiovascular imaging; cirrus; collagen crimp; collagen fiber architecture; collagen fiber reorientation; computational fluid dynamics; constitutive modeling; constitutive models; curvature; early detection; elastin; elastin degradation; enzyme; fibrosis; finite element analysis; finite element modeling; fluid-structure interactions; force-controlled mechanical testing; functional tricuspid regurgitation; geometrical modeling; glycosaminoglycan; gradient-based minimization; growth and remodeling (G & R); high-rate compression; hydration effects; in vivo stress/strain quantification; in-vitro experiments; in-vitro flow loops; isogeometric analysis (IGA); leaflet; liver; material anisotropy; mechanical behavior; mechanical characterization; micromechanics; microstructures; multiscale biomechanics; myocardium; nonlinear preconditioning; osmotic swelling; parameter estimation; patient-specific modeling; pentagalloyl glucose; platelet activation; polarized spatial frequency domain imaging; polymeric split-Hopkinson pressure bar; porcine brain; soft tissue; soft tissues; spatial alignment; Split-Hopkinson pressure bar; stiffness; sub-valvular components; the mitral valve; the tricuspid valve; transvalvular pressure gradients; tricuspid regurgitation; turbulent shear stresses; uniaxial mechanical testing; viscoelastic property
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 Advanced experimental and computational biomechanics have become essential components to better understand the physiological and pathological conditions of biological tissues in the human body. Recent advances in medical imaging modalities, image segmentation, tissue characterization experiments, and predictive computer simulations have made major contributions to transforming current therapeutic paradigms, towards the facilitation of patient-specific diagnostics and individualized surgery planning. This Special Issue of Bioengineering on Advances in Biological Tissue Biomechanics, therefore, focuses on research dealing with cutting-edge experimental and computational methodologies for biomechanical investigations of tissues in the human body system across multiple spatial and temporal scales.